2 Teens Killed In Tacony Apartment Fire

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Two teenage siblings were killed and their mother was critically injured in a fire in the Tacony section of Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.

The fire started at about 4:45 a.m. inside an apartment that is located above a beauty salon in the 6800 block of Torresdale Avenue.

When firefighters arrived, they were reportedly told that no one was inside the second floor apartment building. However, minutes later, a neighbor alerted them that several residents were indeed inside the apartment.

Firefighters immediately entered the building and found the family inside the apartment.

Family members say 13-year-old Anthony Ramos, a student at Hamilton Disston Elementary, was pronounced dead at the scene. 19-year-old Crystal Boretto also died, according to her half brother Phillip Searle. A third woman, Gloria Searle, is in the hospital in critical condition, according to her son.